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Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-03-10
ADM/A/1773/47
Your wrote on 9 March about the convoy of Mr Taylor's ship with masts designed for Plymouth and which is now in the Texel.…
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-03-10
ADM/A/1773/51
Your letter of 7 March advised me that the Commissioners for the Victualling wish to know what time a convoy will be ready for the victuals ordered for the West Indies. The MARY ROSE and CONSTANT WARWICK are designed to convoy these victuals with all possible dispatch.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-02-12
ADM/A/1772/59
This comes in answer to yours of the 9th inst; to inform you that Orders are sent out from the Admiralty Commissioners to the Commander of the GREYHOUND (which Ship is ordered to cruise off Pevensey, Rye etc;) to Convoy the two Timber Hoys of Mr John Butler, and such others that are ready to come f…
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-12-25
ADM/A/1779/218
Admiralty Meeting moved to Monday.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-12-19
ADM/A/1779/176
Inclosed orders to any Commander of Ships in the Downs, bound to the West, to convoy the Pink going to Portsmouth with Stores.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-12-18
ADM/A/1779/170
Enclose two estimates one to rebuild the ROYAL CHARLES, the other to convert the SAINT DAVID to a Hulk.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-02-24
ADM/A/1781/165
Copy of a letter from the Commissioners of the Victualling to the Admiralty, setting out the problems mentioned in the Admiralty letter at doc 164.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-03-14
ADM/A/1782/116
Urgently requiring the Journal of Captain Browne late Master of the MONMOUTH.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-03-13
ADM/A/1782/103
Asking for information about the progress of two Hoys who are due to appear in the Downs in order to be convoyed to Spithead with materials for new ships in the River Hampton by the LARK.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-03-07
ADM/A/1782/60
Restricting the amount of Victuals that the Commanders of the SMYRNA MERCHANT and the SWIFT Prize at Bristol may take in for their passage to Milford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-07-20
ADM/A/1785/186
I am commanded by the Admiralty Commissioners to desire you upon advising with the East Country Merchants to consider what Convoy will be required to be sent to the Sound for bringing home the Stores for which you have contracted for the Navy, and at what time it will be fitting the said Convoy sho…
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-03-05
ADM/A/1782/46
Enclosing a Warrant for recruiting forty Shipwrights and eight Caulkers to work at Woolwich Yard and requesting a progress report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-28
ADM/A/1796/202
I am commanded by the Admiralty Commissioners to signify their directions to you, that you give them an account as soon as may be, by what time the DEFIANCE will be in a condition for the Sea, and that if you can possibly inform yourself thereof by tomorrow morning, you bring the same with you.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-22
ADM/A/1796/157
I am commanded by the Admiralty Commissioners to send you the enclosed Account of the defects of the OXFORD, which has been sent by her Commander.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1692-02-10
ADM/A/1781/62
You are directed to let their Lordships know the condition of the WOLF hired ship, and in what time she can be refitted to sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-28
ADM/A/1788/5
Extract of a letter from Captain Hawkins of HMS ADVICE. Vice Admiral Rook has told me the he had acquainted your Lordships of my complaints to him of my Master but had no response. I send this to remind Their Lordships.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-01
ADM/A/1788/2
In answer to your letter of the 28th past, I am to inform you the 2 Greenland fly boats which Captain Greenhill wanted to assist the Hulks and other vessels refitting and armouring the Henrietta.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-27
ADM/A/1786/213
Desires to be informed concerning Richard Newton, Master of the RICHARD and JOHN Ketch, lately Tender to the LYON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-07
ADM/A/1788/70
I commanded by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty that you appoint someone to look after the passing and taking out the new Privy Seal, for sinking the old ships at Sheerness, Harwich and Portsmouth, and sale of the stores etc.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-08
ADM/A/1788/87
You are summoned by the Commissioners of the Navy to attend them tomorrow at 10 am.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-06
ADM/A/1788/56
I am commanded by Lord Cornwallis for you to send a copy of the Precept to your Board from the Commissioners of Accounts about the General Survey by immediate dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-06
ADM/A/1788/60
The Captain of HM Ship LONDON MERCHANT has reported in his letter of the 4th inst. that he has heard nothing of the ship CITY OF RIGA, John Shriver Master, which he has Orders to convoy to Elsinore.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-07
ADM/A/1788/66
I send you by command my Lords of the Admiralty several papers relating to Captain Penn late Commander of HM Ketch QUAKER which were sent to us by Captain Anderson her present Commander.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-10-07
ADM/A/1788/68
I am commanded by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty to bring with you, to their Council Chambers, a copy of the Precept from the Commissioners of Accounts for taking the General Survey.
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